Thru my stupidity I have not seen postings on this list since August 06, so I am really out of the loopon developments. I just saw as an aside in a message on how to return a bookport for repairs that it is no longer being made. I bought mine three years ago and have been very happy with it. Has it been replaced by a new storage/speech device by APH? I vaguely remember seeing somewhere a mention of a BP model 2. has this happened? I am glad to see that APH is still supporting it. I gather the Victor Stream will do everything the BP does, plus download NLS and RFBD files. So if my BP ever dies I expect I will get a stream. My wife has to download BookShare for me since she has an XP computer, while mine is W98SE. Does downloading to the BP check for updates so I have the latest firmware? If not, what should I do to check. Thanks, Ed Meskys Edmund R. Meskys NIEKAS Publications National Federation of the Blind of N.H. Moultonboro Lions Club edmeskys@xxxxxxxxxxxx 322 Whittier Hwy Moultonboro NH 03254-3627 my credo: Clinton lied, nothing happened Bush lied, thousands died and over 3,000 permanently brain injured